April 15

Born:

1843 - Henry James
American-born writer, one of the key figures of 19th century literary realism.

1892 - Corrie ten Boom
Dutch author and Holocaust survivor, author of The Hiding Place about her ordeal.

1916 - Helene Hanff
American writer best known for her work 84, Charing Cross Road.

1931 - Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet, psychologist and translator; winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."

1940 - Jeffrey Archer
English author and former politician who resigned amid scandal.

1968 - Mons Kallentoft
Swedish journalist and author of the Police Inspector Malin Fors series.






Died:
1888 - Matthew Arnold
1912 - Jacques Futrelle
1915 - Rupert Brooke
1927 - Gaston Leroux
1980 - Jean-Paul Sartre
1983 - Corrie ten Boom
1986 - Jean Genet
1996 - Leslie Charteris
2000 - Edward Gorey
2002 - Damon Knight
2009 - Clement Freud